Selecting option by text content with jQuery

Question

I want to set a dropdown box to whatever has been passed through a querystring using jquery.

How do I add the selected attribute to an option such that the \"TEXT\"

Answer 1

Replace this:

var cat = $.jqURL.get('category');
var $dd = $('#cbCategory');
var $options = $('option', $dd);
$options.each(function() {
if ($(this).text() == cat)
    $(this).select(); // This is where my problem is
});

With this:

$('#cbCategory').val(cat);

Calling val() on a select list will automatically select the option with that value, if any.